French Navy

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Personnel

  • Active: 226,000
  • Reserve: 85,000

The fleet

Aircraft carriers

  • 1 Louis XIV class supercarrier
    • 50 Rafale M multirole fighters
    • 20 Super Étendard strike fighters
    • 5 EA-6 Prowler electronic warfare aircraft
    • 5 C-12 Huron reconnaissance aircraft
    • 4 E-2 Hawkeye Airborne Early Warning aircraft
    • 6 Eurocopter AS 565 SA/SB Panther ASW helicopters
    • 2 ES-3S Viking ELINT aircraft
    • 2 C-2 Greyhound COD aircraft
    • 6 Eurocopter AS 565 MA/MB Panther naval search and rescue helicopters
  • 2 Henri de la Rochejaquelein class supercarriers
    • 45 Rafale M multirole fighters
    • 15 Super Étendard strike fighters
    • 5 EA-6 Prowler electronic warfare aircraft
    • 5 C-12 Huron reconnaissance aircraft
    • 4 E-2 Hawkeye Airborne Early Warning aircraft
    • 6 Eurocopter AS 565 SA/SB Panther ASW helicopters
    • 2 ES-3S Viking ELINT aircraft
    • 2 C-2 Greyhound COD aircraft
    • 6 Eurocopter AS 565 MA/MB Panther naval search and rescue helicopters
  • 5 Charles XI class class carriers
    • 20 Rafale M multirole fighters
    • 8 Super Étendard strike fighters
    • 2 E-2 Hawkeye Airborne Early Warning aircraft
    • 10 Eurocopter Dauphin transport/utility helicopters

Projection and command vessels

  • 20 Mistral class landing platform docks
    • 35 Eurocopter Tiger attack helicopters
  • 3 Richelieu class battleships
  • 8 Orleans class cruisers

Helicopter carriers

  • 18 Jeanne d'Arc helicopter carriers
    • 4 Westland Super Lynx 300 maritime attack helicopters
    • 2 Aérospatiale Puma utility helicopters
    • 2 Aérospatiale Gazelle utility/attack helicopters
    • 2 Aérospatiale Alouette III light utility helicopters

Submarines

  • 5 Le Redoutable class ballistic missile submarines
  • 10 Le Triomphant class ballistic missile submarines
  • 6 Rubis class nuclear attack submarines
  • 4 Barracuda class nuclear attack submarines
  • 30 Scorpène class diesel-electric attack submarines

First rank frigates (destroyers)

  • 12 Cassard class anti-air frigates
  • 10 Suffren class anti-air frigates
  • 14 Georges Leygues class anti-submarine frigates
  • 11 Tourville class anti-submarine frigates

Second rank frigates

  • 30 La Fayette class light multi-mission frigates
  • 15 Floréal class light frigates

Patrol ships

  • 30 P400 class patrol vessels
  • 20 Flamant class patrol vessels

Minesweepers

  • 18 Tripartite class minehunters

Auxillaries

  • 9 Foudre LPD (Landing Platform Dock)
  • 16 BATRAL light transport ships
  • 25 Sabre class landing craft
  • 12 Abeille Flandre class high sea tugs
  • 5 Dupuy de Lôme class intelligence ships
  • 4 Lapérouse class oceanography ships
  • 3 Jules Verne mobile mechanics ships
  • 10 Durance class tankers
  • 14 BSM class support ships
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